Livestock running at large or allowing on streets, sidewalks prohibited.
Meridian Code of Ordinances § 6-14
in effectSec. 6-14. - Livestock running at large or allowing on streets, sidewalks prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person who may own or have in his possession or control, any horse, mule, ox, cow, yearling, sheep, goat or hog to intentionally, knowingly, carelessly or negligently, permit such animal to run or be at large at any time within the corporate limits of the city. It shall also be unlawful for any person who may own or have in his possession or control any animal mentioned in this section to stake or tether such animal on any vacant property in the city adjacent to any street or sidewalk or so near thereto as to allow or permit such animal to be or go upon any sidewalk or street within the corporate limits of the city. Horses used by the police department shall be excluded from this prohibition.
(Ord. No. 3878, § 14, 8-7-90)
Source: City of Meridian, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/meridian/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH6ANFO_S6-14LIRULAALSTSIPRFetched: 11/1/2026
